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The state is paying $41,479 to renovate the private bathroom and dressing room on the second floor of the Governor's Mansion while asbestos and mold are removed from the structure, officials said Friday.


I did not know about this....thanks for the heads up.
Absolutely ridiculous.
And how many evacuees is she housing at her Lafayette residence??

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The Queen Bee had to have a home in Bocage, which rents for $5000.00 per month plus these extras, while her Lafayette home sits empty. At the same time she tells the state we have tightened our belt all we can, there is nothing we can cut from the budget and she wanted to add a tax for teacher pay raises. Don't even get me started on the pork in our state budget she did not veto. Special session in October and I bet they do not cut any spending. They will be foaming at the mouth deciding how they will spend those federal dollars.


The rented home is 4,900 square feet, including 3,666 square feet of living area in the main house and a 1,200-square-foot swimming pool and pool house. LeBlanc said to make the home ready for the governor, the state had to spend:

-- $3,174.25 on eight security cameras. LeBlanc said the cameras will be taken out of the private home and moved to the Governor's Mansion once the renovations are finished. The labor to install the cameras was $1,428.

-- $1,334.70 for high-speed Internet connection for three months and a one-time charge of $80 to install the lines.

-- $1,318.35 for voice communications lines for three months, and $1,342 to install those lines. LeBlanc said the lines will stay at the house because it would be too expensive to remove them, but they probably will be deactivated.

-- A $340 fee to connect and disconnect the lines.